The Citadel is part of Brasov's outer fortification system. Transylvania, Romania

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Strategically overlooking the town and the plains to North, the Citadel is part of Brasov's outer fortification system. At first some wooden protective walls was erected here, later, in 1529, destroyed by Petru Rares. On the same spot they built actually stone citadel called Cetatuia (1553).

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